The Chemainus Theatre Festival is a professional dinner theatre that has run since 1993 and is now one of the most-attended theatre companies on Vancouver Island. The format pairs a three-course meal with a main-stage production — usually a musical or light comedy — and the performances draw audiences from Victoria, Nanaimo, and the Lower Mainland who combine a day trip for the murals with an evening show.
The theatre runs rotating productions through most of the year, and the programming is unambiguously entertainment-focused rather than experimental. If you happen to be on Vancouver Island and enjoy live performance without pretension, it is a well-run operation with a comfortable room and food that is well above what you might expect from a dinner theatre in a small town.